Northern Ireland, First Trust Bank - 2012 Issue

Ten Pounds

s. John Kilty

Dated 2012, P136b, First prefix

Reverse

Northern Ireland First Trust Bank 10 Pounds note. This note bears the signature of John Kilty, who is the General Manager of the bank and the note is dated 1.1.2012. It's interesting to note that the title of the signature has changed from Managing Director to General Manager. Those previous issues dated 2009 were signed by Terry McDaid who was then the Managing Director of First Trust Bank. Gerry McGinn was appointed as Managing Director of First Trust Bank in August 2011 but it is not sure why his signature is not on this note. Perhaps this batch of notes were ordered/printed before his appointment started. The bank forms part of the AIB Group (Allied Irish Bank Group). So far this is the only note sighted for 2012 print.

Update
13/02/2019
The bank has announced that it will stop issuing its banknotes and will gradually withdrawing it from circulations. All their bank's ATMs will be replaced by the Bank of England's banknotes. The banknotes issued by the First Trust Bank will cease legal on 30/06/2022 and there will be a special arrangement to redeem them for another 2 years. This is indeed a very sad news to all collectors around the world.